RT Review
T1 Church, State, and Original Intent
JF A journal of church and state
VO 52
IS 2
SP 363
OP 365
A1 Hitchcock, James
LA English
PB Oxford University Press
YR 2010
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1783935103
AB Almost inevitably, the author approaches his subject by quoting the famous Sherlock Holmes remark about the dog that did not bark. Noting that he once found the intentions of the Founding Fathers concerning church and state to be “unknowable,” Drakeman now argues that their very silence reveals their understanding of the Establishment Clause., For a long time, this has been the most baffling conundrum concerning the subject. Given the intensity of later battles over church and state, which show no sign of abating after more than two centuries, how is it that the clause “Congress shall make no law,” was approved with almost no debate, except over refinements of language.
K1 Rezension
DO 10.1093/jcs/csq068